HCMC – Cuu Long Corporation for Investment Development and Project Management of Infrastructure has proposed the Ministry of Transport allow it to develop the Chau Doc-Can Tho-Soc Trang expressway under the public-private partnership (PPP) format, Sai Gon Giai Phong news site reported.

The projected expressway is expected to stretch 200 kilometers from An Giang Province to Can Tho, Hau Giang and Soc Trang. The route will run along the Hau River, in parallel with National Highway 91.

The expressway will have four lanes, with a road width of 24.5 meters and a designated speed of 80 kilometers per hour. The expressway is projected to have total investment capital of some VND29.6 trillion, of which the State will cover half.

If approved, the project should start construction in 2023 for completion in 2026.